The Reverend Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! =====Anglican===== * [[Deacons]] are styled as ''The Reverend'', ''The Reverend Deacon'', or ''The Reverend Mr/Mrs/Miss''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/faq/how-to-address-the-clergy |title="How to address the clergy", ''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' website. |access-date=16 September 2016 |archive-date=17 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917031523/https://www.crockford.org.uk/faq/how-to-address-the-clergy |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[Priest]]s are usually styled as ''The Reverend'', ''The Reverend Father/Mother'' (even if not a [[Religious (Catholicism)|religious]]) or ''The Reverend Mr/Mrs/Miss''. * Heads of some women's [[religious order]]s are styled as ''The Reverend Mother'' (even if not ordained). * [[Canon (priest)|Canon]]s are usually styled as ''The Reverend Canon'' (sometimes abbreviated as "Cn"). * [[Dean (religion)|Dean]]s are usually styled as ''[[The Very Reverend]]''. * [[Archdeacon]]s are usually styled as ''[[Venerable|The Venerable]]'' (abbreviated as "The Ven"). * [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|Prior]]s of monasteries may be styled as ''[[The Very Reverend]]''. * [[Abbot]]s of monasteries may be styled as ''[[The Right Reverend]]''.<ref>{{Citation | title = Contact us | url = http://www.altonabbey.org.uk/contact-us | publisher = Alton Abbey | place = UK | access-date = 7 September 2011 | archive-date = 10 November 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111110120622/http://www.altonabbey.org.uk/contact-us | url-status = live }}</ref> * [[Bishop]]s are styled as ''[[The Right Reverend]]'' and, traditionally, ''[[Lord#Ecclesiastical|His Lordship]]'' if a male diocesan bishop (or ''His/Her Grace'' in the United States).<ref name="Nathan1927">{{cite book|last=Nathan|first=George Jean|title=The American Mercury, Volume 10|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B74OAAAAMAAJ|access-date=17 December 2017|year=1927|publisher=Knopf|language=en|page=186|quote=When traveling in England they are customarily addressed as "My Lord" or "Your Lordship" and thus put on the same footing as the Bishops of the Established Church of that country, who, when sojourning in America, are properly so addressed. Similarly, a visiting Anglican Archbishop is "Your Grace." He is introduced as "The Most Reverend, His Grace, the Archbishop of York."}}</ref> * [[Archbishop]]s and [[primate (bishop)|primate]]s and (for historical reasons) the [[Bishop of Meath and Kildare]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ireland.anglican.org/information/dioceses/68|title=The Church of Ireland|website=www.ireland.anglican.org|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=13 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151013085210/http://www.ireland.anglican.org/information/dioceses/68|url-status=live}}</ref> are styled as ''[[The Most Reverend]]''. * Some archbishops, such as the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], are also styled ''[[Grace (style)|His/Her Grace]]''. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page